Homes by Tradition
Custom · Luxury · since 2004
- License BC556362, active
- Founded 2004
- Builds in 6 cities
The record
Each fact with its source and date- Minnesota license
- BC556362 · Active Residential building contractor, MN Department of Labor & Industry register · checked 2026-09-08
- Founded
- 2004 homesbytradition.com · retrieved 2026-08-06
- Phone
- Builds in
- Edina, Lakeville, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Apple Valley, Eagan
- Price
- Luxury tier · typical range Reverence community: homes starting at $1,400,000 firm's own community page · homesbytradition.com · retrieved 2026-08-06
- Scale
- Serving homeowners across the Twin Cities since 2004 homesbytradition.com · retrieved 2026-08-06
- Warranty
- Builds under Minnesota's statutory new-home warranty framework (Minn. Stat. ch. 327A); no proprietary terms beyond the statutory framework published homesbytradition.com · retrieved 2026-08-06
- Work
- Custom · Luxury
Homes by Tradition holds Minnesota residential building contractor license BC556362 (active), verified against the Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry public license lookup (last checked 2026-09-08). Always confirm current status directly with MN DLI before contracting.
About Homes by Tradition
Written from the sources aboveHomes by Tradition is a design-build luxury custom builder based in Lakeville that has served Twin Cities homeowners since 2004. It builds fully custom homes — traditional through modern — in its own Reverence community and on clients’ lots across the metro.
The firm is a seven-time Reggie Award winner through the Parade of Homes program, with the seventh won in 2016 for a custom home in Spirit of Brandtjen Farm — the same year the Builders Association of the Twin Cities named it Builder of the Year. Its Fall 2021 Parade entry in Lakeville was a Dream Home, Houzz has recognized it with Best of Houzz Design and Service awards from 2016 through 2026, and the Star Tribune has listed it in Minnesota’s Best (2021–2024) and Top Workplaces (2013–2023).
Reverence, its 23-lot acreage community in New Market Township at the edge of Prior Lake and Lakeville, lists homes starting at $1,400,000. The firm is a Housing First Minnesota member, participates in Minnesota’s Green Path program, and builds under Minnesota’s statutory new-home warranty framework.
- Energy-efficient and smart-home focus
- Build-on-your-land available
Communities
1 named · from the builder’s own site- Reverence New Market Township (edge of Prior Lake and Lakeville) homesbytradition.com · retrieved 2026-08-06
Recognition
Text only, no award logos- Parade of Homes Dream Home Housing First Minnesota · 2021
- Parade of Homes Dream Home — Fall 2021, Lakeville Housing First Minnesota Foundation / Parade of Homes · 2021
- Builder of the Year Builders Association of the Twin Cities (BATC) · 2016
- Best of Houzz — Design & Service (2016–2026) Houzz
- Minnesota's Best — Reader's Choice (2021–2024) Star Tribune
- Top Workplaces (2013–2023) Star Tribune
- Seven-time Reggie Award winner (seventh in 2016, for a custom home in Spirit of Brandtjen Farm) Housing First Minnesota
- Parade of Homes participant Housing First Minnesota · 2016, 2021
- Member Housing First Minnesota
- Participates in the Green Path energy-efficiency certification program Minnesota's Green Path
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